items = [] # list()

print items

print len(items)

print type(items)

items = [2.2, 'pam', 3.3, 'andy', .3, 'eva', '1.2']

items.append('intuit')

items.insert(0,'bangalore')

print items

print('****** delete *****')

value = items.pop() # deletes the last item

print items

print

print('---------------------------')

value = items.pop(-4) # deletes last fourth item

print items

print

print('---------------------------')

items = [2.2, 'pam', 3.3, 'pam', .3, 'eva', 1.2, 'pam', 'pam']

item = 'pam'

while item in items:

items.remove(item)

print items

print('**** list concat *****')

vows = ['a', 'e', 'i']

others = [1, 2, 3]

vows.extend(others) # extend the current list

print vows

print('---------------------------')

vows = ['a', 'e', 'i']

others = [1, 2, 3]

newer = vows + others # create a new lis of the two

print newer

print('---------------------------')

vows = ['a', 'e', 'i']

content = vows * 3

print content

print

print set(content)

print

print list(set(content))

print

print

print('****** reverse *****')

items = ['bangalore',2.2, 'pam', 3.3, 'andy', .3, 'eva', 1.2, 'allen', 'sam']

items.reverse()

print items

print('****** sort *****')

items = ['bangalore',2.2, 'pam', 3.3, 'andy', .3, 'eva', 1.2, 'allen', 'sam']

items.sort()

print items

items.sort(reverse=True) # kwargs reverse sort

print items